Samurai style advances below the belt. When they weren't suited up in lamellar and getting ready to go to war, samurai were some pretty stylish guys. We recently took a look at a line of jackets that updates the haori coats of Japan's swordsmen, a...

Afraid of spilling something on your favorite anime T-shirts while cooking dinner? Protect your wardrobe the magical girl way! Unless you happen to live near one of the world's major anime meccas, like Tokyo's Akihabara or Ikebukuro, odds are you ...

Just when you thought all the controversies surrounding the bizarre and strained relationship between legendary video game maker, Hideo Kojima, and pachinko company, Konami, some new developments have arisen from the Video Game Awards in Los Angel...

The official website for three-member techno pop unit Perfume announced today that their newly-recorded song "FLASH" will be featured as the theme song for the upcoming two-part live-action film adaptation of Yuki Suetsugu's shoujo manga series Ch...

After a New Danganronpa V3 was announced at the Tokyo Game Show in September, fans have been waiting for more information. Well, Team Danganronpa has delivered. On December 1, they announced not only more details about the game, but also an entire...

The official website for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Sprite's adult PC game Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm/Four Rhythm Across the Blue today announced its premiere schedule in Japan. Premiere schedule in Japan: January 11: TV Tokyo (26:05-) J...

Time to get ready-and excited-for a new anime season. You might know what you are excited to see, but here's what anime fans in Japan are looking forward to watching. Website Charapedia polled 10,000 anime fans in Japan, asking them which show the...

Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel is the upcoming console version of Examu's Nitroplus crossover fighter, and it adds a few new characters including Homura from the Senran Kagura series. Here's a look at how she plays.

By Jenni . December 4, 2015 . 9:00am Dark Souls III will appear in North and South America and Europe a little less than a month after its March 24 debut in Japan. Bandai Namco and FromSoftware have confirmed a April 12 western release date for th...

Producer Takamasa Sakurai passed away early morning on Friday, in Japan. He was aged 49. According to police, Takamasa Sakurai was at Nishi-Nippori Station in Arakawa, Tokyo at around 12:30 a. m. , when he accidentally stepped off the platform and...

Yen Press announced plans to move toward simultaneous publication of the Baccano! manga, which has Shinta Fujimoto (Red Raven) adapting Ryōgo Narita's series of light novels. The publisher is kicking things off this month with the release of the m...

The μ's School Idols of Love Live! have been featured in various trading cards or collectible card games such as Weiss Schwarz. And recently, Bushiroad, the creators of Cardfight! Vanguard, has annonced that the franchise will be getting their ver...

The wraparound jacket of the 19th volume of Akira Hiramoto's Prison School manga which will go on sale on December 4 will be revealing that the manga will get an OVA. The OVA will be released with the limited edition of the 20th volume of the mang...

After getting the social media wheels turning again last weekend, Tokyo Ghoul author Sui Ishida has remained active. Following a bit of celebration of news that ONE's Mob Psycho 100 was slated to be adapted into anime, he posted a sketch celebrate...

Fathom Events, Eleven Arts and Viz Media to bring exciting new installment of the Naruto series to the big screen for a special event on Dec. 13 and 14. DENVER - Nov. 30, 2015 - Charge into another dimension with an action-packed anime adventure w...

The official website for the upcoming original anime series Active Raid: Kidou Kyoushuushitsu Dai Hakkei by Production IMS and 3D animation studio Orange has revealed more cast members for the series. The additional cast includes: Tooru Ookawa (To...

When you love something there are multiple ways of showing it, sometimes that means surrounding yourself with the thing you love the most. This is the reason why people frame photographs, buy posters for their walls or purchase body pillows depict...

Kadokawa released a new promo video for one of the most anticipated anime series of the upcoming winter season, аниме Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! . Enjoy. actionanimecomedyfanservicefantasyharemKono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o!

The 2016 One Piece movie officially has a title and release date. The announcement comes in the next issue of Weekly Shonen Jump, which reveals the title as One Piece Film Gold and has it set to premiere in Japan on July 23, 2016.

The upcoming debut of Macross Delta has been a pretty quiet affair overall as there's not a lot of new things being brought out for it ahead of its December 31st, 2015 premiere for the special. But now the first TV spot has arrived that gives us a...

Kinokuniya Bookstore (NY, San Francisco, Seattle) will host Special Holiday In-Store Event featuring IA (dates shown below). It will premiere the live footage from IA's US debut concert held at Club Nokia - LA Live during Anime Expo on July 4th 2015.

For the past 10 years, I've been a fan of the (popular) anime adaptations of Key's various work including Kanon, Air, Clannad, Little Busters, and Angel Beats. Although I was aware that both Kanon and Air started out as games (Visual Novels), I ac...

The official website of the upcoming TV anime Nurse Witch Komugi-chan R has revealed that the series will premiere on Nihon TV at 02:25 and other networks from January 10, 2016. It has also been revealed the OP song "Ready Go!

'黄色の死角' (Kiiro no Shikaku) "Yellow Blind Spot" I actually spent the beginning of this episode paused and staring long and hard at some strange woman who had just popped off the boat to Murder Island. Who were you supposed to be again?

By Jenni . December 3, 2015 . 10:00am Koei Tecmo is going to give PlayStation 4 owners a little taste test of Arslan: The Warriors of Legend. A demo is going to be released on the North American PlayStation Store on January 12.

The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Kei Sanbe's Boku dake ga Inai Machi manga series has revealed that the upcoming series will start its broadcast from January 8th. In addition, the main cast of the anime and new commercials have ...

The sequel game to Dengeki Bunko's light novel crossover fighting game, Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition, is getting released later this month, and to further hype things up, Sega has released the opening movie for the upcoming game via thei...

Dec3 I'm really upset she didn't get a magical bones transformation scene like Sakurako Not that you asked for it, but my views on filler are as such: if the filler episode is good, I don't mind. Go ahead and put a bunch of fillers in a 12 episode...

The miniature toy market is huge in Japan. From tiny Hello Kitty baked goods to pint-sized supermarket items and even scaled-down Japanese-style rooms filled with traditional furnishings, you don't have to be a child with a doll-house to delve int...

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